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Something new from CMC Audio:

Si

This just came to be in a trade deal, but I have no use for it really. 
 

You know the score with these, absolutely wonderful piece of kit on every level, super musical EQ and ready to drop into your Jazz bass.
 

This one has the more retro, Fender-style controls.
 

£120 + £5 UK postage

No trades thanks.

Cheers

Si

4 minutes ago, sammybee said:

I strongly counsel against buying an (expensive) Focusrite interface; I bought a Clarett 4Pre (used) and it blew up after a couple of months use. Whilst you might think thats the luck of the draw, Focusrite support didn't really offer much in the way of support for an (supposedly premium) interface that was only a couple of years old - just the possibility of a (paid for) repair at a 3rd party with no guarantees that even after paying £££ for that it would even be repairable.

I don’t work for Focusrite anymore, but that’s a fairly standard response in any industry. If you want a warranty repair, buy new (I think Focusrite’s is a pretty solid 3 years), if you’re buying used, you’re sacrificing the warranty for a cheaper price, and you accept the potential for paid repairs. 
I feel like that’s on you. 
 

FWIW, when I left, I believe that Scarlett hardware ‘failures’ within the warranty period (first 3 years of life) were <1%, so any issues on that front is pretty unlucky, with almost all repairs coming in under 1 hour. I wouldn’t have thought Clarett’s are much more than that. 
 

Cheers

Si

Not much to say, immaculate and boxed Meatbox Reissue up for sale. Ridiculous pedal, but a lot of fun if you’re that way inclined haha.

No velcro, basically as new, never used.

£115 incl. UK postage.

Cheers

Si

Took this in as a part-ex from Clarky of this parish recently. I was hoping to keep it, as it’s quite a lovely Precision, but it turns out that my son’s 11+ tuition is actually going to be quite expensive 😅

Anyway, MIJ Precision from their ‘Traditional 60s’ series, seemingly most notable as it merges some 60’s styling (inflicting a nice deep burst), with a more modern/comfortable B-width neck.

This one comes with a cream Dimarzio Model P fitted, but is also supplied with the original black Fender pickup too.

Strung with Thomastic Infeld flats, my first experience of them and they’re lovely. Currently setup beautiful with a low action.
 

Weight is 7.6lbs

A few bumps and scrapes on the body which I’ve tried to photograph, but nothing major, and certainly nothing that effects playability, the neck is immaculate.

£750

Full specs are:

Only looking for cash on this one I’m afraid. Comes with a decent but simple gigbag, so pickup/meet-up preferred unless you want to ship me an appropriate case for me to send it back in.

Cheers

Si

Might be helpful to let people know where you are for collection 🙂

Si

Well used but looked after, a couple of little marks, but otherwise in good condition. 
Velcro on back.
Unboxed but will be packed securely.

£40 inc UK postage.

Cheers
Si

Quick and dirty Fuzzdog kit from a couple of evenings ago, not my finest work, but probably the quickest I’ve done. 
 

Mr Creosote (Phat Phuk B clone). Bodged the germanium a little (socketed and legs cut too short), but it works fine after a mild breakdown about the LED not working. Will swap the germanium at some point so it’s more solid in the sockets, but yeah, sounds nice.

Si

Just did a bass part-ex with Mark and, unsurprisingly, was a joy!

Thanks 🙂

Si

1 hour ago, Kiwi said:

He has a small team but I'm not sure whether it's hierarchical or flat.  My wait is three years and counting....!

 

 If/when it's done, I'll post them over on GC.  The guitar is the MSG body shape with custom Armstrong HSH pickups and a Kahler trem and a through neck with a figured camphor top.

Oh wow, and I thought 9 months for my upcoming Lakland was tough to deal with haha.

Si

2 hours ago, Kiwi said:

Update:  The price has been negotiated and the name of the company is BQW.  He's very honourable and also a complete perfectionist, his build quality is on a par with anything in the US.  He is also entirely self taught....!  He showed me an order list of about 90 instruments last time I spoke with him.  Many from Chinese clients but also many from other countries including some exotic custom creations from customers in the US.

Is it just him building? That’s a lot of orders if it’s a one-man operation?! Like…looooong wait times? 
 

Si

1 minute ago, Si600 said:

Buy a bigger board.  Obvs. 

Or that 😝

Si

9 hours ago, Linus27 said:

A little update to my board which is mostly for fretless. A new addition is the Fender Bassman Driver which just adds a bit of grit. It's an awesome pedal and is perfect to cut through at certain points. The pedalboard is tight for space and not sure what I'm going to do when I get my hands on a MXR Bass Synth pedal.

 

From right to left.

 

1. TC Electronic Tuner

2. Boss OC5 Octave

3. Fender Bassman Driver

4. Harley Benton CH5 Chorus (Best chorus I've ever had)

5. Walrus Audio Slo Reverb

6. Mooer Ambience A7 Reverb

7. Ampeg Opto Compressor 

8. Sansamp BDDI v2 Preamp

 

 

 

Get rid of the massive chorus and get a TC Corrona Mini…there will be a toneprint which sounds as good for sure. 
Other options would be to swap the PolyTune for a PolyTune Mini, and the OC5 for the MXR Vintage Octave (sounds the same assuming you’re using the OC2 model on it).
 

Si

On 02/08/2025 at 23:14, bassben1 said:

Hi, I'm a newbie. Sorry. Lol.

Trying to put together a pedal board and it's not working. I'm so frustrated 😠.  This is the equipment I've got:-

Schecter evil twin bass guitar 

Seymour duncan powerstage bass 700
Darkglass dg212n 
Hx stomp xl 
Boss chromatic tuner 
Ampeg opto comp 
Jam red muck 
Jam rattler 
Tc electronic sentry
Ckk electronic space station pro Reverb 
Flattley bass nirvana delay
Flattley bass valkyrie chorus 
Mooer gl 100 Looper

 

The problem I'm having is getting the pedals to work with the hx stomp xl. I can get the hx stomp to work with amp, but the pedals i can barely here at all. I've tried global settings, all combinations. Tried every pedal and cables individually(they all work).

I would like my tuner, Compressor, fuzz, distortion before the hx stomp. Has anyone got any ideas what I'm doing wrong.

Many thanks 

 

There’s not really any point in further comments until you post a clear picture of the setup. It will be helpful to see a clear, top-down, image so that we can trace the cabling etc.

Si

5 hours ago, Higgie said:

I’ve got a load, still in the cellophane! Give me a day or two to dig them out and get some pictures. I have some 1590BB as well, can’t remember which colours but i’m sure there’s an orange one there if that tickles your fancy

Ah ok cool, yeah drop me a text, interesting to see what you have.

Cheers

Si

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

They are nice but doesn’t give the tube feel. I’ve had two of them. 

Out of curiosity, what makes you feel like Origin can achieve that feel when they will also not be tube driven?

Si

Bit of a feeler, but I’m having a re-evaluation of what I’m using and what is just sitting in a cupboard.

The bass is actually in pretty decent condition, considering its age, but the discoloring of the body makes it look more ‘aged’ than it actually is.

The bass came to me with a pretty awful refret, so I had to have that redone properly, which resulted in the fingerboard (only) having a good clean and an overspray. A new nut too. It’s an awesome job and the neck is now super playable as a result. 

Original hardware including pickup covers, pots both date to ‘78, pickup dates to ‘77.

Now the good news….it weighs 8.87lbs. That’s right, a late 70’s punk/rock machine under 9lbs!!

Comes with a simple gig bag, and so I would prefer not to post it. Meet up/collection preferred.

Part-ex’s I’d be interested in:

- Noble bass Pre

- Lakland 44-64/Duck Dunn (straight P, no PJ)

- Fender PB70 CIJ/MIJ

Cheers

Si

On 24/07/2025 at 14:41, EmpInfNed said:

 

Lame counterfeits, stick with the real deal from Aguilar!

Si

1 hour ago, javi_bassist said:

 

I am currently using the Boss instead of the HX. It sounds really good, but it is 0 intuitive

Nice, very similar to my latest home/fly-board. Tuner->Multi FX->DI.

Si

Just bought a Cioks DC7 from Jim. As above, perfect transaction, very happy. Thanks so much 🙂

Si

A couple of changes to my home/desk practice setup:

Dedicated tuner allows me 5x separate effects readily available on the HX Stomp.

The Element then acts as my Bluetooth/Headphone interface for practicing and learning tunes, as well as a DI/Cab sim for FOH if I gigged it. Can’t reach the amp out from the Element in this layout (because it’s located in a silly place), but I can just take the amp out from the HX Stomp anyway, so I’m sorted.

Pedaltrain Nano and powered by a Cioks Sol.

Si

Does anyone have an interesting colour/finish 1590B enclosure they don’t want? Undrilled.

Si

2 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

Haha, you and me both!

 

I guess having owned and tried really hard to love the FI multiple times (I've had five attempts from v1 onwards!) over the years and never quite managing it, there's definitely an element of "if they could just do that" e.g. decent tracking, form factor, make it accessible by loading with popular 'known' patches, replace the numerical display with something that displays words (Boss 200 series, many midi pedals do this). But András and crew, to their credit, are definitely getting there and there's been more progress with the FI than a lot of the competition - remember the Markbass Super Synth anyone?!

 

Getting us back on topic: the trouble for FI/C4/Boss et al. / good news for us bass players is that MXR Synth has arrived on the scene and is already providing a great deal of what we want in a synth pedal and is rightly causing a stir.

100%, I’m on the wait list, I have 3 or 4 tracks I regularly play that I know I can use those presets on. I fake it now with fuzzy/chorus/octave/envelope…but I’m all for an easy life haha.

I also genuinely think that IMA knows what’s up. He’s not just marketing hype, he genuinely is an excellent product/tone developer, who just so happens to have a very large audience too. MXR made a smart move on that front. 

Si

I am also now very conscious that I’m further derailing the thread. It might be better to move to the FI thread if we continue this train of thought. 
 

While discussion around comparisons is inevitable, derailing this further from the MXR pedal isn’t fair to the OP. 

Cheers

Si

Oh there you go, I had no idea that existed. Exactly! Although, without this turning into an R&D session, I’m not sure why they both sizes exist?! End of Life the big version, dump the savings from tooling costs into the small version to get the price down slightly. But even a hike of £20-30 would still be palatable for the feature-set and form factor probably (without researching).

If the big version had more features/controls, totally get it. But otherwise, £60 has been added for form factor alone, whereas the opportunity was there to only do V4 as the smaller version, reducing the size and adding/upgrading features from V3, therefore increasing the perceived value and legitimizing the price increase further.

Anyway, no-one asked me to monologue lol. 
YMMV.

Etc.

Si

p.s.

This is just after a very cursory look at the FI offerings, I may well have missed something and so apologies if I have. Wrangling an 17 month old at the same time is not great for detail haha.